Fire causes extensive smoke, water damage

UNION TOWNSHIP Ś The lastá10 days have not been good for Scott Sheltz.

A Tuesday afternoon fire caused extensive damage to his home at 728 Dunks Road.

On March 24 he was injured after he had to be cut from his car after a hit and run driver smashed into him as he drove to work.

Around 2 p.m. Sheltz and his wife Missy began to smell what they called an "electrical fire odor." Because Scott is using a walker from accident injuries,áMissy and a neighbor checked the basement and looked around the house. They turned off a wood burning stove but the smell persisted.

Finally, the couple spotted smoke pouring from the walls and cabinets in the kitchen. A call to 911 brought the Union City Fire Department.

Missy and the neighborámanaged to get Scott out safely.

Union City requested mutual aid from Athens and Burlington. Because Bronson was fighting a grass fire,átheáColon Fire Departmentásent manpower and tankers.

There was mostly smoke pouring from the attic areas of both the second story and one-story section of the old, remodeled farm house. Firefighters had to cut holes in both roof section to insert foam then break out windows of the second story to get to the smoldering fire.

There was extensive water and smoke damage to the house.

As Missy and her daughter watched, theáMissy lamented the couple had a new bedroom set and new appliances. The house was insured. Union City Fire will try to determine the exact cause of the fire.

LifeCare, Union City Police, Union City Utilities, and Michigan State Police assisted at the scene a mile west of Arbogast Road.